Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile
| Archdiocese of Mobile Archidioecesis Mobiliensis |
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| Territory | Lower half of Alabama |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Mobile |
| Metropolitan | Mobile, Alabama |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 1825 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception |
| Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
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| Archbishop | Thomas J. Rodi (as of June 6, 2008) |
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The Archdiocese of Mobile (Latin: Archidioecesis Mobiliensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese comprising the lower 28 counties of Alabama. It is the metropolitan seat of the Province of Mobile, which includes the suffragan bishopric sees of the Diocese of Biloxi, the Diocese of Jackson, and the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama. The Archbishop of Mobile is the pastor of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception located in Mobile, Alabama.
As of 2004, [1] it contained 65,588 Roman Catholics from a population of just over 1.65 million, and was approximately 4% Roman Catholic. (Note: Most of the archdiocese's Catholic population lives in the Mobile area - 46,503 as of 2000 [2][3] - and, as a result, the Mobile area is considerably more Catholic than the archdiocese at large. These numbers are based solely on parish membership lists; many Catholics in the area do not formally register with a parish, while many children are often not included in parish lists.)
Patron saints: Immaculate Conception, Irenaeus of Lyons, Michael the Archangel
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History
The archdiocese was originally established in 1825, as Vicariate Apostolic of Alabama and the Floridas. It was established as the Diocese of Mobile on May 15, 1829. The name changed to the Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham on July 9, 1954, and was redesignated as the Diocese of Mobile on June 28, 1969. The diocese was elevated to the Archdiocese of Mobile on November 16, 1980.
Ordinaries
The bishops and archbishops of the Archdiocese of Mobile and dates of service:
- Michael Portier (1825–1859)
- John Quinlan (1859–1883)
- Dominic Manucy (1884)
- Jeremiah O'Sullivan (1885–1896)
- Edward Patrick Allen (1897–1926)
- Thomas Joseph Toolen (1927–1969) (archbishop ad personam, 1954)
- John Lawrence May (1969–1980)
- Oscar Hugh Lipscomb (1980–2008) (first metropolitan archbishop)
- Thomas John Rodi (2008–incumbent)
Joseph Aloysius Durick served as Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham (1954–1963), and later served as Bishop of Nashville.
Schools
Secondary schools
High schools
- McGill-Toolen Catholic High School (Mobile)
- Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School (Montgomery)
- St. Jude Educational Institute (Montgomery)
Middle schools
- Montgomery Catholic Preparatory Middle School (Montgomery, grades 7-8)
Elementary schools
- Christ the King Catholic School (Daphne)
- Corpus Christi School (Mobile)
- Little Flower Catholic School (Mobile)
- Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic School (Mobile)
- Mother Mary School (Phenix City)
- Our Lady Queen of Mercy School (Montgomery)
- Resurrection Catholic School (Montgomery)
- St. Bede School (Montgomery)
- St. Benedict Catholic School (Elberta)
- St. Columba Pre-School (Dothan)
- St. Dominic School (Mobile)
- St. Ignatius School (Mobile)
- St. Joseph Catholic School (Tuskegee)
- St. Mary Catholic School (Mobile)
- St. Patrick Catholic School (Phenix City)
- St. Patrick School (Robertsdale)
- St. Pius X Catholic School (Mobile)
- St. Vincent De Paul Catholic School (Mobile)
See also
External links
- MobileArchdiocese.org
- 1911 History of the Archdiocese of Mobile
- Catholic-Hierarchy.org Entry on Mobile archdiocese
- Archdiocese of Mobile article, Encyclopedia of Alabama
- History of the Archdiocese of Mobile
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Coordinates: 30°41′21″N 88°02′46″W / 30.68917°N 88.04611°W
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